Surviving the Worlds Extreme Regions: Desert, Arctic, Mountains, & Jungle (Extreme Survival in the Military)

Elite soldiers often operate in hard-to-reach locations or far behind enemy lines. If one of them is injured, medical attention is rarely readily available. For this reason, soldiers must be trained to treat injuries themselves. This book will show you how to treat some of the most common injuries and illnesses that you're likely to get in the wilderness. Whether it's a small problem like a blister or a major health concern like a heart attack, it's important to know how to deal with any injury or medical problem. Learn how to: • treat someone who has eaten a poisonous plant. • set broken legs after a climbing fall. • deal with hypothermia, when the body's temperature drops dangerously low. • provide treatment for severe burns. • stop a person from bleeding to death. During a time of war, pilots face the risk of being shot down behind enemy lines and captured. For this reason, each pilot receives training to help him endure the stresses of captivity. During an interrogation, this training and the pilots own strength and willpower are invaluable. This book discusses many of the techniques used to survive the experience of being in captivity. A captive pilot must be prepared to cope with boredom, resist interrogation, and work as a team with other prisoners. In addition, he must know how to go about escaping if he has the opportunity. Discover: how some U.S. pilots in Vietnam coped with seven years of imprisonment, how interrogators try to trick people into talking, how interrogators are trained to detect lies, survival techniques during escape, tracking skills used by escaping pilots and the pursuing enemy The world's elite soldiers can survive in the worst of conditions, whether the extreme heat of the desert or the snowy summit of a mountain. These units are trained to be experts in warfare, but their training also gives them the knowledge to live in the planet's wildest places for weeks at a time. Learn the techniques the world's finest soldiers use to survive in harsh conditions around the globe. Discover a variety of tips for surviving in barren deserts and freezing tundra. Find out how elite troops cope with danger and deprivation. You will also learn: • how to find water and food. • how to build shelters. • how to navigate. • how to perform first aid. • how to identify and avoid dangerous animals and insects. Elite Special Forces units are often assigned to the most difficult missions. They must be prepared for the challenges they will face. This means being skilled and physically fit, but it also means being mentally tough. During most basic-training programs, recruits will be yelled at by instructors, deprived of sleep, and forced to run for miles. Under these difficult conditions, they will be required to make constant decisions. Only the toughest recruits will graduate, and they need certain traits to make it through: intelligence, self-control, courage, knowledge, resistance to pain and discomfort, team spirit, and more. Title Page Table of Contents Introduction Chapter One: Preparation and Equipment Chapter Two: Deciding on a Course of Action Chapter Three: Breathing and Circulation Chapter Four: Wounds, Bleeding, and Burns Chapter Five: Bone, Joint, and Muscle Injuries Chapter Six: Poisons and Bites Series Glossary of Key Terms Equipment Requirements Useful Websites Further Reading and About the Author Index Blank Page When the lives of hostages are on the line, the soldiers of elite hostage-rescue units must act quickly and with skill. Describes how elite hostage-rescue units operate, the equipment they use and the training they must undergo The U.S. Marine Corps What you need to be a Marine Coping with pressure Surviving training Using your intelligence Being a team player Being a leader Series glossary of key terms. Discsses the survival techniques used by special forces troops to find food in emergency situations, including trapping, fishing, and foraging for edible plants Provides step-by-step instructions for treating a variety of wilderness emergencies and conditions, drawn from military training methods